From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261311AbTLALoU (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 06:44:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262094AbTLALoU (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 06:44:20 -0500 Received: from imap.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:52135 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261311AbTLALoS (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2003 06:44:18 -0500 X-Authenticated: #2203603 Message-ID: <011001c3b800$32c88a20$7727048b@de.uu.net> From: "Daniel Flinkmann" To: Cc: References: <200311290156.02239.DFlinkmann@gmx.de> <20031201112112.GA22180@favonius> Subject: Re: 2.6.0test11 overwriting file on mounted smb volume causes corrupted files! Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:42:28 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Ookhoi, > > [Please CC to me directly, I'm not on the linix kernel mailing list] > > > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > > > > 2.6.0test11 overwriting file on mounted smb volume causes corrupted files! > > I saw te same with -test9 with cifs. > For some reason the November archive of > http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/ is gone, but google has > my report cached. Search for: > > "problem with updating files on cifs mount" > > I'm still stuck btw. > I believe that this issue is a memorymanagement issue, because cifs and smbfs are ram based file systems. This could be a even more critical issue then we are expecting. This is really causing file damages in eventually more than just smbfs and cifs systems. Daniel PS: I made a second Thread with "PROBLEM: Corrupt files with kernel 2.6.0_test11 and smb mounts" in the subject, to meet the bug report requirements.